Courts distinguish bloggers from other media publishers (fwd)

[Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>]

Da das Thema hier gerne vereinfacht dargestellt wird, so ists nun in
Amerika:

COURT EXTENDS LIBEL PROTECTION TO BLOGGERS A ruling from the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals extends libel protections of the 1996
Communications Decency Act to "do-it-yourself" online publishers,
including Web loggers (bloggers) and individuals who operate e-mail
discussion lists. Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
noted that commercial news outlets "have editors and fact-checkers,
and they're not just selling information--they're selling
reliability," whereas bloggers and the like are simply "engaging in
speech." Also included in the court's ruling are those who maintain
e-mail discussion lists, even when those people approve or reject
content distributed on the list. As Cohn stated, the court effectively
said "when it comes to Internet publication, you can edit, pick, and
choose, and still be protected." Wired News, 30 June 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59424,00.html



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